Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03
bears that of Ph. D., conferred by the university of Leipzig New York

BOOu uOnaIlOn W6dUueT, III ltCt lJ IS Sstlu that Sandisield people few year ago gave their minister donation in August and his parishioners carried him huck- leberries and sun fish.
 The total number of G. A. R. ex- cursion tickets to Hartford last Saturday sold at different stations, was about 70, which was as many as could reasonably be expected considering the short notice and torrid weather.
 The Julian Comedy company ap- peared at Norfolk last Thursday, Fri day and Saturday evenings. They re- turned to Lakeville on Monday, in con- pliance with special request, and gave one more entertainment before they closed their seasons tour.
 On the fourth page will be found an interesting article entitled "The Eff tieth Congress. It appears that Judge Granger of Canaan, Conn.,, has only one peer in congress and that only Connec- ticut and Minnesota, or the east and the west instead of the north and the south, can meet together on the exalted plat form of LID. No wonder that Con- necticut is proud of her Congressman from the Fourth District or that Canaan Is proud of her townsman.
 Col E. M. Graves, general adver- Using agent of the Housatonic railroad Co., G. R. Byington of Washington, D. C.,and J.Rodemeyer, ,Jr. of the Norwalk Record, graced our sauctum last Satur- day. We did not make it hot for them, yet the weather did, but we hope they will call again when the mercury is more agreeable,
 If any of our readers in town con- template taking journey, or if they have friends visiting them they will confer favor on the "city editor'' of the News by handing in such items for publication whenever it is agreeable to the parties mentioned in such items. We don't intend to slight anyone in our list of personal items but it is impossi- ble for us to learn the names of all visitors in town.
 Mir Henry M. Adams, of Rockville, will accept the position of principal of Canaan high school providing he can obtain suitable rooms for housekeeping or desirable and convenient boarding place for himself and wife. He is very pleasantly situated at Rockville, and if he returns to Canaan he comes in response to the unanimous and cordi- ally expressed wishes of all who desire to see Canaan's high school restored to its former excellent standard.
 Eggs are lower-they dropped yes terday morning, in fact the bottom of paper sack containing quite quantity of eggs suddenly dropped out as a lady was carrying it away from one of our village stores, depositing the eggs on the side walk. Tine lady was so dis gusted with such an egg straodinary pro- ceeding that she uncerimoniously threw the sack away and coolly walked off leaving the eggs to care for themselves, although only about half of them were broken.
 What shall be said of Col William H. Stevenson the man whom the rail way kings, Bostwick, Starbuck and Rockefeller, delighted to honor This much at least, that those railway mag mates considered Col Stevenson as the embodyment of the native ability, the courage and push, ,shrewdness, sagacity, foresight as we'll as experience and pop ularitY necessary to successfully carry forward their gigantic railway enter prise, and they were not slow in enlist ing him in their service and vesting him with weighty responsibilities and authority.
 We do not write this article for the purpose of finding fault, although our compositors are at this very time, Mon day afternoon, waiting for copy, but to explain to some of our correspondents that the reason their communications are deferred from week to week is be- cause they withhold their budget of items until our space is filled with other reading matter. We cannot guarantee to insert correspondence received on | Tuesday, because we cannot publish the News on Wednesday morning if we wait until 10 o'clock Tuesday for all correspondence.
 A genuine case of cremation oc- cured in South Canaan on Thursday, July 2S. Levinus Deming, being somewhat annoyed by "Big Bugs decided to make change and ascer- tain who had the management of his domestic affairs, so Mir D. making full preparation for the battle and properly clothed, with the strong arm of Justice on his side, opened the conflict by covering the floor of his sleeping room with fine straw and then applied the match with all the fury that could be brought to bear against hls assailants. The battle waxed hot with fire and smoke and language until he, MT D.. was master of the field and situation. For the space of territory occupied by the contesting parties, Napolean him. self never created more smoke or mar shalled tse field with more pomp, or crowned with greater satisfaction ou, old, venerable friend and neighbor, MT | Deming